# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nan-merriman
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:14:35.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nan-merriman"
name: "Nan Merriman"
slug: "nan-merriman"
description: "Katherine Ann Merriman was an American operatic mezzo-soprano."
tagline: "American operatic mezzo-soprano singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_Milan._Piccola_Scala%2C_1956-57_season._Nan_Merriman_(detail)_in_the_final_scene_of_Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte%2C_by_Mozart_1956_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1920-04-28"
deathDate: "2012-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             11.05263157894737
  historical:           7.671238666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581363/"
    handle:    "nm0581363"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/971040"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Merriman"
    title: "Nan Merriman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06108cab-0f81-4347-a06e-828aeed5405e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3335506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump